Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 656 pages
- Published by: Prentice Hall PTR
- Edition: 2nd Edition June 26, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0131015524
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0131015524
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7.1 x 1.5 inches
- Weighs: 2.2 pounds
Product Review
For any Java developer working with BEA's popular Java application server,
J2EE Applications and BEA WebLogic Server offers a great source of information for doing more with your Java Web applications. Filled with tips on what works and the "best practices" to get more performance and functionality, this book is a virtual must-have for anyone working on this platform.
In theory, it doesn't matter what application server you run for J2EE-compliant applications. This title proves the traditional wisdom wrong. It explores the inner workings of setting up and running Java on BEA WebLogic while providing a solid tour to the Java APIs and standards supported by all J2EE-compliant application servers. Short chapters on standard APIs and "application styles" including servlets and JSPs show off the basics here. Along the way, the authors provide specific practical advice for cooperating with the BEA server product, including nuts-and-bolts configuration advice.
The book's dual focus on introducing key J2EE APIs and how to implement them on BEA is probably best illustrated with its several great chapters on Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). Not only do the authors introduce key concepts on how to design and code real EJBs, but they deliver numerous tips for choosing the right kind of bean based on the optimizations available in BEA. (For example, they cover the optimized "find" methods available in entity beans, which should be faster than even do-it-yourself code in bean-managed persistence, BMP, components.) This is invaluable information that can let you write code that really flies on the BEA platform.
Other sections look at leading-edge support available in J2EE in message beans, transactions (and JTA), plus other ways to extend the range of your Java BEA applications with e-mail, plus better security (with SSL and built-in Java authentication).
In all, this title makes a strong case that learning the underlying application server platform will let you create better Java applications. This title is a worthy resource for anyone using BEA WebLogic to power their Java applications, whether they are a developer, administrator, or manager.
--Richard Dragan
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Back Cover Copy
J2EEApplications and BEA WebLogic Server®Second EditionRevised by Angela Yochem David Carlson Tad Stephens
A revised and updated edition of the best-selling book by Michael Girdley, Rob Woollen, and Sanda L. Emerson, this is your start-to-finish guide to developing Web-based applications using J2EE 1.3 (with references to 1.4 features) and the new BEA WebLogic Server 8.1.
One step at a time, and one technology at a time, the authors walk you through building a complete, robust Web application. You'll prototype user interfaces, code server-side presentation logic and JSPs, implement database connectivity, establish central registries, provide JMS messaging, code EJBs, even integrate email facilities. Along the way, you'll discover how each section fits into your overall application design, as you learn best practices for enhancing availability, reliability, and security. Coverage includes:
- Leveraging the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern
- Using JDBC and BEA WebLogic's transaction support to integrate enterprise databases
- Preparing your applications to run in clustered BEA WebLogic Server environments
- Developing EJBs that fully leverage BEA WebLogic Server's container services
- Best practices and guidelines for testing, compilation, and deployment
- Working with WebLogic Workshop, BEA's unified development environment
- Utilizing BEA WebLogic Platform to integrate business processes and back office systems in an end-to-end application framework
J2EE Applications and BEA WebLogic Server, Second Edition is highly approachable for WebLogic beginners, and exceptionally useful for experienced developers. Whatever your background, it'll help you build the high-performance, high-value Web applications your business demands.
PRENTICE HALL
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Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
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$49.99 U.S./71.99 Canada
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Reader Reviews
This review is from: J2EE Applications and BEA WebLogic Server (Paperback)
There are a lot of really good books out there dealing with J2EE technologies such as EJB, Servlets/JSP, JMS, etc.. (Like the O'Reilly books). But we didn't have a good book that put it all together in context of the WebLogic Application server, until now. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading this book. Michael Girdley and Rob Woollen are very smart people and people that spend any times in the WebLogic newsgroups know how smart these guys really are. I wasn't sure if that would translate to their writings -- It does. This is a very nicely written book that goes through Servlets, JSP, JDBC/JTA, JMS, RMI, EJB's including Message Beans and WebLogic specific configuration options including clustering and failover. I think this is a great book for beginners as well as advanced users as it is a reference and `step-by-step' tutorial rolled in one. One of my favorite things about the book is that each chapter is embedded with 'best practices' that contain a lot of useful gems, especially for more advanced users that just skim through the book. The final chapter of the book puts everything that you've learned from the previous chapters together into a complete J2EE application. The sample application, which is included on the CD is a Web-based auction system. A must-read for anyone that wants to learn everything they need about J2EE.
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